Lebanon fails to keep track on Fatah Islam's activities at refugee camp
The Lebanese government is to blame for the fighting Sunday that now plagued the 12 refugee camps near Tripoli, Lebanon. With a population of more than 300,000 people, these refugee camps were transformed into a breeding ground for Muslim militants with ties to the Al-Qaeda group, which took advantage of the sub-human conditions of the refugees, who are not allowed to make a living nor join the mainstream of the Lebanese society. Without jobs and steady sources of income to survive in a dog-eat-dog competition in that of the world, some of the refugees wouldn't have a choice but to bite the bullets. So when the Lebanese authorities pursued individuals who holed up themselves at the refugee camp site after committing a bank robbery nearby, the armed refugees fought back and the escalation of war ensued Sunday. And for many years, the Lebanese government had allowed outsiders with sinister plans to dip their hands into the lives of the refugees, without even bothering to conduct a ce...